Thorbjörn Åkerström

4.3k total citations · 2 hit papers
28 papers, 2.8k citations indexed

About

Thorbjörn Åkerström is a scholar working on Physiology, Rehabilitation and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Thorbjörn Åkerström has authored 28 papers receiving a total of 2.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 13 papers in Physiology, 12 papers in Rehabilitation and 10 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Thorbjörn Åkerström's work include Exercise and Physiological Responses (12 papers), Adipose Tissue and Metabolism (8 papers) and Cardiovascular and exercise physiology (8 papers). Thorbjörn Åkerström is often cited by papers focused on Exercise and Physiological Responses (12 papers), Adipose Tissue and Metabolism (8 papers) and Cardiovascular and exercise physiology (8 papers). Thorbjörn Åkerström collaborates with scholars based in Denmark, United Kingdom and United States. Thorbjörn Åkerström's co-authors include Bente Klarlund Pedersen, Anders R. Nielsen, Christian P. Fischer, Søren Nielsen, Christina Yfanti, Camilla Schéele, Matthew J. Laye, Ole Hartvig Mortensen, Pernille Højman and Christa Broholm and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, The Journal of Physiology and Diabetes.

In The Last Decade

Thorbjörn Åkerström

28 papers receiving 2.7k citations

Hit Papers

align trajectories

What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Role of myokines in exercise and metabolism

2007 614 citations Bente Klarlund Pedersen, Thorbjörn Åkerström et al. Journal of Applied Physiology profile →
Brain-derived neurotrophic factor is produced by skeletal muscle cells in response to contraction and enhances fat oxidation via activation of AMP-activated protein kinase

2009 556 citations Stanley M. H. Chan, Clinton R. Bruce et al. Diabetologia profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Thorbjörn Åkerström Denmark	18	1.4k	1.0k	966	411	399	28	2.8k
Christina Yfanti Greece	16	1.6k 1.1×	878 0.8×	839 0.9×	528 1.3×	451 1.1×	26	2.8k
Mitsuharu Okutsu Japan	20	1.5k 1.1×	1.4k 1.4×	658 0.7×	454 1.1×	475 1.2×	45	2.7k
Anders R. Nielsen Denmark	31	1.9k 1.4×	1.9k 1.8×	1.1k 1.1×	783 1.9×	449 1.1×	45	4.5k
Bertrand Léger Switzerland	23	1.3k 1.0×	1.6k 1.6×	418 0.4×	289 0.7×	722 1.8×	74	3.2k
Paige C. Geiger United States	33	1.7k 1.2×	1.6k 1.6×	492 0.5×	337 0.8×	554 1.4×	73	3.3k
Nicholas P. Greene United States	25	1.9k 1.3×	1.8k 1.7×	400 0.4×	496 1.2×	487 1.2×	87	2.9k
Vitor A. Lira United States	28	1.6k 1.1×	1.8k 1.7×	538 0.6×	722 1.8×	586 1.5×	72	3.3k
Peter J. Adhihetty Canada	28	1.9k 1.3×	2.1k 2.0×	474 0.5×	387 0.9×	606 1.5×	34	3.3k
Glenn D. Wadley Australia	32	1.6k 1.1×	1.3k 1.2×	734 0.8×	185 0.5×	703 1.8×	90	3.4k
Christa Broholm Denmark	22	1.1k 0.8×	880 0.8×	427 0.4×	357 0.9×	226 0.6×	33	2.2k

Countries citing papers authored by Thorbjörn Åkerström

Since Specialization

Citations

This map shows the geographic impact of Thorbjörn Åkerström's research. It shows the number of citations coming from papers published by authors working in each country. You can also color the map by specialization and compare the number of citations received by Thorbjörn Åkerström with the expected number of citations based on a country's size and research output (numbers larger than one mean the country cites Thorbjörn Åkerström more than expected).

Fields of papers citing papers by Thorbjörn Åkerström

Since Specialization

Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Thorbjörn Åkerström. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Thorbjörn Åkerström. The network helps show where Thorbjörn Åkerström may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Thorbjörn Åkerström

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Thorbjörn Åkerström. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Thorbjörn Åkerström based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Thorbjörn Åkerström. Thorbjörn Åkerström is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

Sort: Min cites: Since: Top N: Style:

20 of 20 papers shown

Berntson, Lillemor, et al.. (2021). [Rare but potentially life-threatening - Multisystem inflammatory syndrome in adults - a case description].. Läkartidningen. 118. 17. 1 indexed citations

Åkerström, Thorbjörn, Daniel Goldman, Graham Fraser, et al.. (2019). Hyperinsulinemia does not cause de novo capillary recruitment in rat skeletal muscle. Microcirculation. 27(2). e12593–e12593. 14 indexed citations

Åkerström, Thorbjörn, et al.. (2015). Optimizing hyaluronidase dose and plasmid DNA delivery greatly improves gene electrotransfer efficiency in rat skeletal muscle. Biochemistry and Biophysics Reports. 4. 342–350. 8 indexed citations

Nielsen, Søren, Thorbjörn Åkerström, Anders R. Nielsen, et al.. (2014). The miRNA Plasma Signature in Response to Acute Aerobic Exercise and Endurance Training. PLoS ONE. 9(2). e87308–e87308. 237 indexed citations

Gliemann, Lasse, Jes Olesen, Rasmus Sjørup Biensø, et al.. (2014). Resveratrol modulates the angiogenic response to exercise training in skeletal muscles of aged men. American Journal of Physiology-Heart and Circulatory Physiology. 307(8). H1111–H1119. 47 indexed citations

Nielsen, Anders R., Christina Yfanti, Søren Nielsen, et al.. (2013). Endurance training enhances skeletal muscle interleukin-15 in human male subjects. Endocrine. 45(2). 271–278. 80 indexed citations

Yfanti, Christina, Anders R. Nielsen, Thorbjörn Åkerström, et al.. (2011). Effect of antioxidant supplementation on insulin sensitivity in response to endurance exercise training. American Journal of Physiology-Endocrinology and Metabolism. 300(5). E761–E770. 69 indexed citations

Nielsen, Søren, Camilla Schéele, Christina Yfanti, et al.. (2010). Muscle specific microRNAs are regulated by endurance exercise in human skeletal muscle. The Journal of Physiology. 588(20). 4029–4037. 251 indexed citations

Yfanti, Christina, Thorbjörn Åkerström, Søren Nielsen, et al.. (2010). Antioxidant Supplementation Does Not Alter Endurance Training Adaptation. Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise. 42(7). 1388–1395. 152 indexed citations

10.

Yfanti, Christina, Christian P. Fischer, Søren Nielsen, et al.. (2010). Role of Antioxidant Supplementation on Training-induced IL-6. Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise. 42(10). 20–20. 3 indexed citations

11.

Chan, Stanley M. H., Clinton R. Bruce, K. S. Krabbe, et al.. (2009). Brain-derived neurotrophic factor is produced by skeletal muscle cells in response to contraction and enhances fat oxidation via activation of AMP-activated protein kinase. Diabetologia. 52(7). 1409–1418. 556 indexed citations breakdown →

12.

Åkerström, Thorbjörn, Christian P. Fischer, Peter Plomgaard, et al.. (2009). Glucose ingestion during endurance training does not alter adaptation. Journal of Applied Physiology. 106(6). 1771–1779. 26 indexed citations

13.

Åkerström, Thorbjörn, Rikke Krogh‐Madsen, Anne Marie Winther Petersen, & Bente Klarlund Pedersen. (2009). Glucose ingestion during endurance training in men attenuates expression of myokine receptor. Experimental Physiology. 94(11). 1124–1131. 14 indexed citations

14.

Broholm, Christa, Ole Hartvig Mortensen, Søren Nielsen, et al.. (2008). Exercise induces expression of leukaemia inhibitory factor in human skeletal muscle. The Journal of Physiology. 586(8). 2195–2201. 111 indexed citations

15.

Mortensen, Ole Hartvig, Kasper Andersen, Christian P. Fischer, et al.. (2008). Calprotectin is released from human skeletal muscle tissue during exercise. The Journal of Physiology. 586(14). 3551–3562. 45 indexed citations

16.

Pedersen, Bente Klarlund, Thorbjörn Åkerström, Anders R. Nielsen, & Christian P. Fischer. (2007). Role of myokines in exercise and metabolism. Journal of Applied Physiology. 103(3). 1093–1098. 614 indexed citations breakdown →

17.

Krogh‐Madsen, Rikke, Peter Plomgaard, Thorbjörn Åkerström, et al.. (2007). Effect of short-term intralipid infusion on the immune response during low-dose endotoxemia in humans. American Journal of Physiology-Endocrinology and Metabolism. 294(2). E371–E379. 62 indexed citations

18.

Frydelund‐Larsen, Lone, Thorbjörn Åkerström, Søren Nielsen, et al.. (2006). Visfatin mRNA expression in human subcutaneous adipose tissue is regulated by exercise. American Journal of Physiology-Endocrinology and Metabolism. 292(1). E24–E31. 65 indexed citations

19.

Åkerström, Thorbjörn, Jesper B. Birk, Ditte Kjærsgaard Klein, et al.. (2006). Oral glucose ingestion attenuates exercise-induced activation of 5′-AMP-activated protein kinase in human skeletal muscle. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 342(3). 949–955. 64 indexed citations

20.

Frydelund‐Larsen, Lone, et al.. (2006). Exercise induces interleukin‐8 receptor (CXCR2) expression in human skeletal muscle. Experimental Physiology. 92(1). 233–240. 74 indexed citations

Rankless uses publication and citation data sourced from OpenAlex, an open and comprehensive bibliographic database. While OpenAlex provides broad and valuable coverage of the global research landscape, it—like all bibliographic datasets—has inherent limitations. These include incomplete records, variations in author disambiguation, differences in journal indexing, and delays in data updates. As a result, some metrics and network relationships displayed in Rankless may not fully capture the entirety of a scholar's output or impact.

Explore authors with similar magnitude of impact